Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableNonreas
LabelPlease record main reason for non-contact
Responses
1 Working shifts odd hours 0
2 Rarely at address 0
3 Will not answer door 0
4 Think address is empty but could not con 0
5 No information gathered 0
6 Spare telephone line 0
7 Number unobtainable 0
8 Wrong number 0
9 Telephone not answered 0
10 No reply to answerphone message 0
11 Communal phone 0
12 Other 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2009.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.